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| Balfour Beatty joint venture selected for M25 junction upgrade scheme  Balfour Beatty, in joint venture with Skanska, has been selected for a £55m scheme to upgrade junction 30 of the M25 by the Highways Agency.The 50:50 joint venture, Balfour Beatty Skanska, is a construction partner to Connect Plus, the company responsible for managing and upgrading the M25 network, and has already delivered £1.3bn worth of 'smart' motorway upgrades to 117km of the M25 since 2009. The work on junction 30 in Essex will provide enhancements to the motorway where it meets the A13 at Thurrock, as part of a project to reduce congestion, supporting the Government's National Infrastructure Plan. 150,000 people who use or pass junction 30 every day will experience improved journey times through increased capacity and the scheme will accommodate any future plans for land use around the Thurrock Thames Gateway and in South Essex. Work is scheduled to commence in January 2015 with completion by 2017. write your comments about the article :: © 2014 Construction News :: home page |